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The Bakersfield Californian
Friday, March 20, 2015
Local
COURTESY OF BAKERSFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Students take in some fresh air as they participate in the Power Relay event at the
Bakersfield City School District's 29th annual Math Bowl on Wednesday.
BCSD students test mettle
with numbers in Math Bowl
THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN
The Bakersfield City
School District held its 29th
annual BCSD Math Bowl
Wednesday at Chipman
Junior High.
About 250 students competed in one of two divisions, a gold division for
sixth-graders and a silver
for fifth-graders.
Gold results
by category
Fantastic Flash: Diego
Rodriguez, of Downtown
School, in first; Nathaniel
Nuñez, of Harding School,
in second; and Alex Peña, of
Franklin Elementary, in
third.
Super Star: Brian
Varona, of Franklin School,
in first; Philip Kessler, of
Thorner Elementary, and
Mustafa Hugais of
Downtown School tied in
second; and Donovan
Nguyen, of Chavez
Elementary; and James
Juarez, of Harding School
tied in third.
Thinker: Ethan Flores, of
Thorner School, in first
place; Jose Rangel, of
Harding School, in second
place; and Duncan Louden
of Franklin Elementary in
third place.
Dynamic Duo: Celeste
Bojorquez and Allyson
Reyes, of Thorner School, in
first place; Alex Cantu and
Matt George, of Harding
School, tied with Christian
Walters and Marcos
Jimenez, of Chavez, in second; and Jayden Canales
and Jenna Taylor, of Cato
Middle School, in third.
Power Relay: A Harding
School team in first; Owens
Intermediate School in second; and Downtown School
in third.
Team Round: Chavez
School and Owens
Intermediate tied in first
place; Thorner Elementary
in second; and Harding
(which also won the schoolwide trophy) in third.
Traditional Relay:
Downtown School in first,
Owens Intermediate in second and Chavez School in
third.
Silver results
by category
Super Star: Robert
Lopez, of Pauly Elementary
in first place; Victor Ibarra,
of Casa Loma Elementary
in second; and Lailani
Strickland, of Harris
Elementary; Xavier Lopez,
of Hills Elementary; and
Bryan Reyes, of Williams
Elementary, tied in third.
Dynamic Duo: Andrew
Salgado and Eziquio
Villegas, of Casa Loma
School, in first; Madilyn
Fernandez-Bell and
Johnathan Gresham, of
Harris School, in second;
and Angel Galvan and
Benito Triana, of Pauly
School, in third.
Team Round: Horace
Mann Elementary in first
place, Casa Loma (which
also won the school-wide
trophy) in second and Hills
Elementary in third.
Traditional Relay:
Horace Mann Elementary
in first place, Hills in second and Casa Loma in
third.
Sequoia Middle School
submitted the most creative poster, and Casa
Loma had the poster with
the best representation of
this year’s theme.